Zoroastrianism

Dedicated to the spiritual philosophy of Zarathushtra, includes the first Zoroastrian Cyber-temple, text of the scripture and numerous articles by various scholars on Zoroastrianism.
[1997,October 22]
Added by: sshahria@direct.ca

Zoroastrianism is the ancient religion of Persia. It was founded about 3500 years ago by the
prophet Zarathushtra. Arising out of the polytheistic traditions of ancient India and Iran, he was
one of the first monotheists in human history

These are the tenets of the Mazdayasni Zarathushtri religion, as accepted and preached by all the
Dasturjees and religious teachers and common Zarathushtris in India. May our faith increase day by
day, in these glorious tenets, that our ancestors have believed in for thousands of years.

Zarathustra was believed to have lived during 600 B.C. in Persia,
which is the region covered by modern-day Iran and Iraq. Current
estimates have revised this date to anywhere between
1500 B.C. and 1000 B.C. This would make Zoaroastrianism the second oldest
world religion, next only to Hiduism

The term AVESTA has two separate meanings:
First, it is the
name of the ancient scriptures of the Zoroastrian religion. AVESTA is also used to refer to the
language in which these scriptures are written.
This server gives you access to all of the extant Avesta, along with translations, and is being
expanded to include information about the language, and other useful information for students of
Zoroastrian religion.

This website is devoted to discussion of the strong influence Zoroastrianism had on Judaism and Christianity, including such concepts as monotheism, afterlife, heaven and hell, the savior, angels, communion, baptism etc